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released: 18 Jan 2008 author: AIHW media release

This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses and midwives in Australia. It is based on the main findings of the 2005 national survey of nursing and midwifery. Information presented includes a national and stat/territory overview of the number and characteristics of nurses and midwives, their geographic region and overall supply.

ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 174 024 7443; Cat. no. HWL 40; 68pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Notes and symbols
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
      • Who are nurses?
      • Data sources
    2. Registered and enrolled nurses
    3. Employed nurses
      • Age and sex
      • Geographic overview
      • Working hours
      • Hours worked in main and second jobs
    4. Nursing supply
    5. State and territory profiles
      • Introduction
      • New South Wales
      • Victoria
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Australian Capital Territory
    6. Sources of new entrants and re-entrants to the nurse labour force
      • Nurse training
      • Nurse migration
      • Nurses not employed in nursing
  • End matter

Notes and corrections

The current version of the publication and spreadsheets are presented above. Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

  1. (18 January 2008) As data for 2005 were unable to be provided by Victoria to the AIHW, Nursing and Midwifery Labour Force Survey estimates for that jurisdiction for 2005 are based on responses to the 2006 survey weighted to 2005 benchmarks.
  2. (18 January 2008) In South Australia the same survey form was used for 2005 as in 2003.
  3. FTE rates (based on 38 hours worked per week) by region were added to the Internet tables to align with data in the published report based on 38 hour weeks. (11 March 2009)
    • Registered nurses - demographic overview (135KB XLS)
    • Enrolled nurses - demographic overview (139KB XLS)
    • Registered and enrolled nurses - demographic overview (135KB XLS)
  4. (9 April 2009) Estimates for Northern Territory data have been suppressed in Table 12 due to the low response rate in that jurisdiction (13.7%).
      • Registered nurses - demographic overview (135KB XLS)
      • Enrolled nurses - demographic overview (139KB XLS)
      • Registered and enrolled nurses - demographic overview (135KB XLS)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2008. Nursing and midwifery labour force 2005. National health labour force series no. 39. Cat. no. HWL 40. Canberra: AIHW.